Annie is a housemaid in Victorian Perthshire, whose secret help to the unfortunate girl of the house, Emily, results in her taking care of Emily's illegitimate baby, Tina. Mindful of her own difficult childhood in an orphanage, Annie is delighted to offer Tina the love she never knew. But Tina grows into a woman as pretty and passionate as the mother she never knew, with a talent for art that could only have come from her unknown father. For Annie, the time has come for a decision that could break her heart...